| Document ID (ISN) | 100978 |
| CIS number |
02-1678 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2002 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Guo H.R. |
| Title |
Working hours spent on repeated activities and prevalence of back pain |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 2002, Vol.59, No.10, p.680-688. 45 ref. |
| Abstract |
To evaluate the association between working hours spent on repeated activities and back pain, data gathered through the 1988 National Health Interview Survey in the United States were analysed. 30,074 workers had participated in the survey. They were asked to provide information on their job, including the time spent on repeated strenuous physical activities (RSPA) and the time spent on repeated bending, twisting or reaching (RBTR) on a typical job, and where applicable to report the cause of their back pain. The prevalence of back pain increased as the number of working hours spent on RSPA or RBTR increased. The prevalence of back pain due to repeated activities was 8.9% among male workers and 5.9% among female workers. Carpenters had the highest prevalence (19.2%) among men, and health care personnel had the highest prevalence (15.2%) among women. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
repetitive work; risk factors; backache; hours of work |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
occupational accidents; subjective assessment; USA; frequency rates; injuries; health care personnel; sex-linked differences; carpentry |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Taiwan (China) |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Hours of work
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
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